Dusty's Celebration Competition Winner!!

Hi everyone! Sorry I've not been blogging for so long, I decided I would have a break and forget about blogs and all for a while.
But now I'm back to announce the winner of Dusty's Celebration Competition! It was tough competition, let me tell you. Everyone's pictures were so amazing, some bloggers were finding it hard to choose just three pictures to vote for!
Here were all the pictures once again. But I've included the amount of votes to every picture.

1. Bella

2. Bert

1 vote

3. Bert

1 vote

4. Bert

4 votes

5. Allred

6. Allred

1 vote

7. Allred

1 vote

8. Allred

2 votes

9. Declan

8 votes

10. Dougall

4 votes

11. Dougall

12. Dougall

3 votes

13. Belle

1 vote

14. Goose

2 votes

15. Kort and Tate

1 vote

16. Lily Belle

1 vote

17. Lily Belle

3 votes

18. Lily Belle

19. Muffin

20. Muffin

21. Mango and Dexter

22. Marley

1 vote

23. Meatball

24. Molly

2 votes

25. Posie

1 vote

26. Posie

3 votes

27. Posie

28. Barnie

 29. Barnie

30. Barnie

31. Barnie 

32. Barnie

33. Barnie 

34. Barnie

1 vote

35. Barnie

36. Barnie

37. Barnie

1 vote

38. Barnie 

39. Barnie 

40. Barnie

41. Barnie

42.  Sarge

1 vote

43. Sasha

44. Carlos

3 votes

So now that you've seen them all again, it's time to reveal the winner....

It's....















DECLAN!!!!

He won with this strikingly handsome picture on a total of 8 votes!!!!
Congratulations Declan!!!
Your prize is a hand drawn picture of the photo you entered.

I would now like to thank EVERYONE that participated in this competition, be it voting, competing, or both voting and competing. It's made Dusty's 1st birthday that little bit more special for him.

Thank you everyone!!

This now concludes Dusty's Celebration Competition. It was loads of fun to see everyone's entries coming in and I hope you all enjoyed it as much as Dusty and I did!!

Dusty's Celebration Competition Voting Update

I have decided that you can vote for up to three pictures now. So, if you want to vote for a couple more, just head on over to the voting page (you can click here to see it).
Good luck to everyone!

Dusty's Celebration Competion Voting

I have posted a page with all the photos for voting. Click > here < to see it.

Awards

Raelyn from Beatifully Unique has passed this award on to me!

Thank you! Thank you so much!
Here are the rules I have to follow upon recieving this award:
1. Thank the person who nominated you and link back to them in your post. - Yep, you can click here or the name of the blog up the top to see Raelyn's blog!
2. Say 7 things about yourself. - Ok, that's below.
3. Pass it on to 15 bloggers you admire. - That's also below.

Seven things about myself. I'll just do seven things about the dogs, because really, this blog is all about them!

1. Dusty - had a 12 hour journey before he got to us.
2. Jock - the last of his litter in a pet shop. No one had wanted him because he was the only one with short fur!
3. Dusty - went through three crates before he finally got the one he is in now. He can't chew up this one! ;)
4. Lucy - chewed a chunk out of a concrete pole while she was teething... :P
5. Jock - used to run away during storms when we lived on the beach. We would find him several days later at a house half an hour's drive away!
6. Lucy - will sing to you if you get her excited enough. :D
7. Jock - is scared of our goats. He's such a scaredy dog sometimes!

Ok, now for the fifteen bloggers to pass it on to. Here it goes. You can click on the names to see their blogs.

BordoggyTerrier - Barnie's Dog Blog
Life Froo Posie Dorg's Eyez
Molly the Wally - The Little Dog With a Blog!
Sarge Speaks Out
Four Legged Views
Browndog cbr
Gospel of Goose
How Sam Sees It
littledogsonlongleashes
Mango and Dexter's great adventures
Silly Sasha the Lovable Shih-Tzu
Simpatico
The Dougall Diaries
The Doxie Life of Lily, Muffin and Their Humans
Marley & Lola's Border Terrier Life

So now, everyone who's recieved this award from me will have to read the rules, and pass it on!
Sorry if it is the second time round recieving this award. I did my best to not give it a second time!

And also, while I'm on the subject of awards, Mango passed on this second Sunshine Award to us! Thank you!

And I've recently discovered that you're supposed to pass it on to ten bloggers! I only passed in on to four last time, so this time I'll leave it to Dusty to choose some more bloggers to pass it on to. He can answer the questions, too.

Rules:
Answer the questions.
Pass it on to ten bloggers.

Questions

1. My favourite number - Wats a 'number'?
2. My favourite non-alcoholic drink - Well, tis eazy! WATER!
3. Do I prefer facebook or twitter - I doesnt reed books, and I not alloud to tuch the birdies, so I doesnt no wat you mean.
4. My passion - Gettin a ball. And not bringin it back! I practis this! Reely!
5. My favourite pattern - Erm... Wats a 'pattern'?
6. My favourite day of the week - Tis eazy! I likes sunday! Dog obeediense day!
7. Favourite flower - whateva wun I can eat! But problee, tomahtoe flower! ;)

Now, I is goin to chooze the bloggas I pass dis on to, coz my peep did it last time!

Drumroal pleese....

*drumroal*

TA DA!

EVERYWUN! Yah! You all get dis award. If you is readin dis, and hasn't alreddy got the award, then take it! Tis yours fur da takin!
And coz my peep stuffied up the first time, I thougt I had betters be fare to all of you. Take da award!

So thanks aggin to ROSE and MANGO AND DEXTER fur dese awards! THANKS!!!

Da Dustaroonodawg and his Peep

Signin Owt

PS. I have posted the page for my contest. You can see it in the pages gadget underneath the header picture!

We're Back!!!

We got back a couple of days ago. I have never seen Jock's eyes so wide in my entire life! I'm sure he was thinking 'Oh my Dog, you actually came BACK!!!'
And they got even wider when the stick came out. 'Oh my Dog you're back and PLAYING WITH ME!!!!'
I have never seen him want a stick so much. Woah.

And Lucy was the happiest dog in the whole WORLD at that moment.

And Dusty? Well, we went to pick him up and he was a completely different dog. I mean, not literally, but he was so FLUFFY!!! I've never seen him so fluffy in my whole life. It was a bit sad picking him up, though, because the people who had kept him said, 'He feels like my own dog now'. And Dusty didn't want to go at first!
But when we got in the car, he was a bit unsure. But as soon as we turned into the lane, he started yowling and screaming to get out and see Jock and Lucy. I've never heard him that excited before!!
And when we let him out of the car...

He went super crazy! Peeing himself and all!
But that wasn't the only exciting thing that happened.
Can ya guess?
No?
Ok, here's a clue.

Still can't guess?


You sure you want me to give away the game?


 Really?


Ok, if you're serious about giving up, then...

SARGE'S PRESSIE ARRIVED!!!

There was lots of excitement when the doggies realised that they had a very special pressie all the way from the USA!
Everyone had a HEAP of fun with the toy! It's going to be a special occasion toy, as it's a pretty special toy!

Get AWAY from the toy!

And that's not all. Oh, no, Sarge (being a generous, kind, handsome doggie) put in EXTRAS. Yep, he even put in EXTRAS. See for yourselves. See with your own eyes.

A grooming glove! PERFECT for Dusty's stripping!

Healthy, yummy treats! PERFECT for training!

And the letter. The letter of Sargeness.

You have no IDEA how excited we all were! I had to prevent myself from tearing into the parcel before Lucy could see it first. And then, I thought I was excited, but then there were the DOGGIES!! And they were just HYPER over it! Fights and all!

Really, this was all over the (super awesomely cool) toys! No joking involved!


Really, I don't want to stop talking about how exciting it was! But really, I thought I should show you how FLUFFY Dusty has gotten! And, I could only get him to pose for the camera using Sarge's pressies! Yep!

See? How fluffy and fuzzy and snuggly and handsome and AWESOME he looks? I love it when he's fluffy!
Ok, he doesn't look that fluffy in that picture, but believe me, he is VERY fluffy!
Does he look fluffier there? Maybe? But seriously, his belly fluff is the best. It's just so fuzzy! Like the pressies from Sarge! (I'm at it again! Can't get over these toys!)

Oh yes, and by the way, that picture is a Sarge's Pressie Pose picture. The first one wasn't. See the amazing excitement in the second one? Yeah? That's the power of Sarge's Pressie right there.


So, I think that I need to give Sarge the most BIGGEST, BESTEST, *MORE 'EST' WORDS THAT I CAN'T THINK OF RIGHT NOW* THANK YOU for the pressies.
So,

THANK YOU SARGE!!!!!!!!!!

 Now, I'm not excluding everyone else from this post, as I'm going to remind EVERYONE that there is only THREE days left to enter Dusty's Celebration Competiton! If you havn't taken a look at the page about it, then check it out >>> here <<<. Yep, that's where you can get all the info

Dusty's Pressies

I have gathered a couple of things for Dusty this holiday (whoops nothing for Jock... Lucy is covered by Sarge's pressies. Thanks again, Sarge!)
I've got Dusty a collar and a tag. Just because then he can have it for when he needs to look 'smart' :P

I'm not sure why blogger decided to flip this picture. I can't get it to look normal, so sorry if I'm causing a lot of sideways heads! ;)
The collar/bandana is from France, and I thought it would be cute on Dusty.
I'm pretty sure you can guess where the tag is from. I got it because he's an English breed of doggie and I like the Union Jack pattern.
We also got a little doggie letter rack. It's cute!

Perhaps I should get Jockie a toy or something... I thought about getting him a tag, too, but him being the Master of Losing Tags and all.... I didn't think it was such a smart idea....
But then again, he loses toys, too.
I'm just going to add in to this post a couple of doggie drawings I've done on holiday. Just to give you an idea of my style of drawing for my competition!

I like the first one the most. What about you?

The Word of Dusty: EXCITERIEDED!!!

Herlo all you doggons from all over the world that are readin this writing that I have written! 

Tis Dustaroonodawg here, callin in from my 'home away from home'! (it makes no sense to me, but thats what the peeps calls it!) And I has some verry good newz fur you! It's absolutely pawsome! What iz it? Welz, it is that I is still completerly and utterly alive! Yeah! See?? Isn't it just the best news anyone could recieve???

Another good thing is... I is seein my peeps so very very very soon!!! I is so happerieded!!! Yeah!!! Look at my exciterieded and happy self!!!

My earsies are so excited that they are pointy!!!

This place I is stayin at is grrreat. It isn't like the scary old cage that my auntie Lusie Boosie told me bout (she said that she was only put there a couple of times). It is so nice!

It's like a home! But away from home! That makes no sense but I dont care coz I'm seein my auntie Lusie Boosie, auntie Toffie, my (grumpy schmumpy) uncle Jocky Poo, uncle Zimmie, uncle Lucca (he never wants to play though....) and all of my peeps so very very soon!!! It's gonna be so so so so sooooo EXCITEN!!!

I is feelin the exciterment already!

I've been checkin up on all the bloggies too. I've been readin the same posts as my peep, so don't think I've been missin anything! On normal times my peep gives me the heads up on whats goin on, asks me wether I wanna enter sumthing, so on, wateva, but I've been Mista Indapendent! I've been doin stuff all by my hansum self!

See how hansum I is??? Or are you blinded by it???

I has been keepin track of all my new followers I has been recieven, and all the entries I has for my Competishin!! I has six entrants in ma competishin and twelve picturies in my competishin! Tis just amazin! Thanks!

I is also so amazed that the entries are still comin, too! I mean WOW six peeps n doggons have entered MY competition!!! Already!!! And my peep and I has only been bloggin fur less than a year!!! I is just so super duper AMAZERIDED!!! 

I has officially collapsed from the amazeringness of it all

And I would also like to say a MASSIVIED, HUMONGOUSIED, GINORMOUSIED thank you to every single one of my followers! I is so happerided that you all think that my blog is worthy enough to have your bootiful picturie placed in a little squarey and put in MY (and my peeps) sidebar! I is honerieded to have you there and readin what I and my peep has to say fur ourselfs. 
So again, thanks for everythin that the peeps n doggons n everywon has done to put up my 'self esteem' (I don't get this one either. I is not a steem) when I do mine blog posts.


Yaps, Kisses and Snuggles too (to all my followers n doggons n peeps who read this blog!)
Da Dustaroonodawg 

Signin Owt
 

Sunshine Award

 If you havn't already read it, please take a look at my competition post here.

Thanks so much to Barnie for this award!

To recieve this award, I have to answer the following questions. (They always make it interesting, don't they?)

1. My favourite number - 3, of course, because three dogs!
2. My favourite non-alcoholic drink - orangina, seriously, you must try this drink. It's heaven in a bottle!
3. Do I prefer facebook or twitter - neither, don't have them! ;)
4. My passion - art, because it's a great past time and it's fun
5. My favourite pattern -anything, I like patterns in general
6. My favourite day of the week - sunday, dog obedience day! :)
7. Favourite flower - poppies, it's amazing when you see a big field filled with bright red poppies. It's like a red carpet!

So now, I'm going to nominate this award to the following, in no particular order at all. You can click on the names to see their blogs:

Raelyn and Rose - this is a blogger with a very special dog called Rose. Why is she so special? She's what Raelyn calls a 'Mystery Dog, the best kind of mixed breed'!
Bella - this is a border terrier with just one eye, but still super cute! I enjoy reading their blog as there's always something interesting to look at.
Roxy - I like to read this blog because it's about a dog quite similar to Dusty. Similar in a way of chewing, and naughtiness! The title of their blog is even 'Destructive Puppy!'
Kort and Tate - These are two absolutely beautiful collies. They are always doing something interesting, and it's a great blog to read.

Everyone who's recieved the award will now have to answer the questions and pass it on!

All the others I wanted to nominate to had already recieved it, but sorry if this is the second time recieving this award. It's hard to check!

Also, thanks to all the entrants so far in Dusty's Celebration Competition. We've got some pawsome entries!

Lucy Lu Won a Prize!!!

 If you havn't already read it, please take a look at my competition post here.

 You know how I entered Sarge-a-licious's nickname game? Well, we won!! Well, Lucy Lu won! :P Here's the link to the post: http://sargespeaksout.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/real-results.html

So a BIG  BIG thank you to Sarge-a-licious for this prize!! Here is what Lucy Lu will recieve through the post:

It's a raccoon and a skunk which both have two squeakers in! I seriously couldn't believe it!!

Look at Lucy Lu's happy face:

I'm sure she is going to be super duper excited when she sees what Sarge-a-licious has sent for her! She just LOVES squeaky toys!! And once again, for Sarge-a-licious:

THANK YOU!!! :) 

An Update on Dusty

 If you havn't already read it, please take a look at my competition post here.

We got an email from the people who are keeping Dusty while we are away (Jock and Lucy stayed home to have a break) and they said he was fine! They also mentioned he was a 'right character'. I'm hoping that means that he's enjoying himself! :P
They also sent some pictures of him with the dogs he's staying with. They said he's loving a certain dog called Ava (who looks like a maltese cross). And by the looks of things, Dusty's got a girlfriend!

Dusty with Ava. Isn't she just the sweetest thing?

 Destroying boots and posing for the camera. Looks no different to what he is at home!

 Except for being CALM...

 Mr. Serious.

 And the king of the castle, aka, Mr. Bossy Pants. :P
The dog at the back is the family's dog, Mitsy.

Looks like he's having a ball! I'm sure he'll be sad when Ava leaves because they said that they love to run around the house together chasing each other.
I wonder if Ava is local.... ;)
Anyway, it was really reassuring to see Dusty is getting along fine with the other dogs there. I hope he doesn't get too attached to the place!

Dusty's Celebration Competition

To celebrate Dusty's 1st birthday, on the 27th July, I have decided to do a competition! To enter, do a blog post with your favourite picture of your doggie (or whatever else) included. The competition is based on this picture as the winner will recieve an original hand drawn picture of your entry! It will either be in graphite or pastel, whatever the winner chooses. Entries must be in by the 27th June as I will post a page with all the entries for people to vote for their favourite. Of course, I will put in my own vote for this competition if there is a tie. All votes must be in by the 25th July (we can stretch the rules a bit for time zone convenience) and will be counted by the 27th July (Dusty's birthday) and the winner will be announced on that date!

Here are the rules:

You can enter as many or as little times as you like! Just make sure you comment on the page 'Dusty's Celebration Competition' with a link to your post for each entry you do.

In your post, add a link to my page so that I can get even more entries! This way, the competition will be even more exciting!
The original drawing will be posted to the winner, but a copy will be posted on this blog. 

So that's it for this post. If you have any more questions on the competition, feel free to ask them in the comments. Make sure you comment on the page 'Dusty's Celebration Competition' to give me the link to your post where you entered!

Good luck everyone!!!

Liebester Blog Award!!

Thanks so much to Raelyn and Rose for this blog award! Click on their names to see their awesome blog!

The award is given to bloggers who have less than 200 followers and deserve recognition.  The rules are as follows:

1. Thank your Liebester Blog Award presenter(s) on your blog.

2. Link back to the blogger(s) who awarded you.

3. Give your top five picks for the award in a post with a copy of the rules.

4. Inform your top five by leaving a comment on their blog.

5. Post the award on your blog.

Here are the blogging friends I think deserve this award. Sorry if it's a second time being awarded it. You could always just have a double Liebester Blog award!


Here they are in no particular order...

1. Posie
Posie is a super funny border terrier who always has some crazy tales to tell. Click on her name to see her blog!
2. Zack
Zack was one of my first blogging friends. He lives in Canada and is super well behaved and funny. Click on his name to see his blog.
3. Ilikevegetables
Ilikevegetables is a family member, so I couldn't really not give it to them. And I like their blog, too! Click on their name to see their blog.
4. Mikki
Mikki is a really good friend. She writes about different things, so click on her name to see her blog!
5. Hux and Coz
These are two of my other good friend's dogs. If you would like to read about them, click on their names!

So please accept this award all of you and keep passing it on! You know you wanna...

Sarge's Nickname Game

Hey all!
I found Sarge's blog the other day, and discovered that he'd just started a game! It's called the Nickname Game (in case you hadn't already picked that) and all you have to do is put up a list of all the nicknames you can think of for your dog or pet. Here's the link to his post if you're interested: http://sargespeaksout.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/nickname-game-entry.html
Once I have put up all the names I can think of for Jock, Lucy and Dusty, you guys all have to vote for your favourites in each list! Then, once all the votes have been added up, I will see which one has the most votes and then you have to call them that name for a week! But I think I'll start that week once I get back from holiday as there will be no point to the week while I'm away as I'm not even posting! :P

So, here goes!

Jock:

Jocka Locka Doo Da

Jockie

Jockie Poo

Jockie Shmocky

Jockie Wockie

Cheeky Doggie

Lucy:

 Lucy Lu

Lucy Boosy

Boosy Boo

Flubby Girl

Wusy Wu

Lucy Wucy

Smily Girl
Juicy Lucy

Dusty:

Mr. Cheeky-Chops

Dusty Wusty

Dusty Wusty Woo

Smooge-a-licious Boy

Squeaky Deaky

Squeaky Boy

Little Froggie
Schnooby-Schnoob-Schnoobs
Little Munchkin
Terriorist
Munchkin Pants
Schnuggle Pops

Well, that's all I can think of! Not as many as some, I know, but I guess we stick to their names quite often. But I guess Dusty's gathered quite a few names for being with us for such a short time!
So, don't forget to vote for your favourite name in each list!

My Other Blog

I just thought I might tell all you guys that I'm on holiday (again!) at the moment. I am going to be blogging about it on my other blog: http://adifferentangleoftheworld.blogspot.com/ (or you can click the link on my pages bar underneath the header).
So I'm sorry but I won't be blogging on this blog for quite a few weeks (6 1/2 actually... :P).
I might post about how much I miss them and want them with me, but that's about it. 
So, if you still want updates, head on over to my other blog so you don't miss anything about my trip! Bye!